getting

[Silverobama]

Hi,



I can’t visualize myself ever getting married.


Can you tell me how to understand "getting" rather than "get" in this sentence?

[mattnash]

(Not a teacher)

In this case, "getting" really means "becoming".

You might similarly say "I am getting angry" or "I am getting tired".

[Tdol]

Also, I would say I can't see myself getting married, rather than visualize.

[5jj]

Also, I would say I can't see myself getting married, rather than visualize.

I agree, though it has ideas of 'visualise, imagine'.

In the more literal sense of 'see', a bare infinitive is possible:

I didn't see them get married.